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Asian ponysfoot

silver pony's-foot

Stems

glabrous or sericeous.

silvery-sericeous.

Leaves

petiole 3–25(–42) mm;

blade reniform to broadly ovate-reniform, (3–)8–30 × (3–)8–30 mm, surfaces: abaxial sparsely sericeous, adaxial glabrous or sparsely sericeous, or hairs ± patent.

petiole 10–50 mm;

blade reniform, 5–13 × 12–20 mm, surfaces: abaxial and adaxial densely sericeous, hairs silvery gray.

Pedicels

(3–)5–15 mm, recurved near tips.

4–6 mm, recurved near bases.

Flowers

sepals 1.5–2 mm at anthesis, 2–2.5 mm in fruit;

corolla greenish to white, 1.5–2(–3) mm.

sepals 2–2.6 mm at anthesis, to 2.4–3 mm in fruit;

corolla cream, 3.4–4 mm.

Fruits

notably 2-lobed, 2–2.6 × 1.8–2.3 mm, lobes separating, pericarp fragile, shattering irregularly.

slightly notched to weakly 2-lobed, 2.2–2.8 × 2–2.1 mm.

2n

= 28 (Asia).

Dichondra micrantha

Dichondra argentea

Phenology Flowering Jan–Nov. Flowering Apr–Nov.
Habitat Abandoned plantings, clay banks, disturbed sites, thickets. Desert scrub, oak woodlands.
Elevation 0–500(–1000) m. (0–1600(–3300) ft.) 1000–2500 m. (3300–8200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; FL; TX; West Indies [Introduced also in Mexico (Nuevo León), Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand), Australia]
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; South America
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Discussion

Reports of Dichondra micrantha for Arizona, Georgia, and Maryland have not been confirmed.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Dichondra Convolvulaceae > Dichondra
Sibling taxa
D. argentea, D. brachypoda, D. carolinensis, D. donelliana, D. occidentalis, D. recurvata, D. sericea
D. brachypoda, D. carolinensis, D. donelliana, D. micrantha, D. occidentalis, D. recurvata, D. sericea
Name authority Urban: Symb. Antill. 9: 243. (1924) Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow: Hort. Berol. 2: 81, plate 81. (1806)
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